Contributed by aubin. Posted by adam on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 10:38 AM (EST)

A new summer festival tour called Sounds Of The Underground has been announced and is scheduled to run from June 25th through the end of July in both indoor and outdoor venues in the US and Canada. The tour will bring together 18 hardcore and metal bands, including Clutch, Poison The Well, Opeth, Unearth, From Autumn To Ashes, Chimaira, Norma Jean, Every Time I Die, Strapping Young Lad, Throwdown, High On Fire, Devil Driver, All That Remains and A Life Once Lost. A "special half-time performance" will be put on by Gwar mid-way though the shows. Madball and Terror will play the East and West portions of the tour respectively, and select regional appearances will be made by the Red Chord (East coast markets), Fear Before The March Of Flames (Midwest and Southeast markets) and Himsa (Western markets). An additional headliner is still to be announced.

The tour is expected to become an annual summer event. The folks responsible for putting it together include Music Touring booking agent Tim Borror, Ferret Music executive/artist manager Paul Conroy, Ferret Music owner Carl Severson and artist manager Larry Mazer. Tickets are expected to be priced under $30 and organizers plan to pass along info on how and where to beat surcharges and get the best price for the shows. Dates have yet to be announced.

I assure you I could put on something much better than this shitfest. Let me guess...you were listening to FATA while writing that comment, weren't you? Just for the fuck of it though, here's my festival:
Day 1
NOFX
Bad Religion
Lagwagon
Bigwig
Good Riddance
88 Fingers Louie
Swingin' Utters
Day 2
Comeback Kid
Kid Dynamite
Good Clean Fun
None More Black
Strung Out
Dillinger Four
Day 3
Jets to Brazil
The Smoking Popes
Alkaline Trio
Hot Water Music
The Lawrence Arms
The Gamits

Listen here corpse, this is a hardcore festival, not a fucking pussy pop-punk show you scum sucking mamas boy. you dwell in the deepest cellar, and you dont know the first thing about hardcore. Take your loser pop-punk else where cause it is not welcome round this show, fuckin fudge packer.

Honestly, I'd go just for Clutch (who do seem slightly out of place on this tour). They have one of the most entertaining live shows ever, plus they sound amazing live. But shit, you throw in Strapping Young Lad and GWAR and we gots ourselves a party!
-Dante

Clutch is a very fun (almost joke) band. Other than Strapping Young Lad, and maybe GWAR none of the other bands seem to have the sense of humor (musically) that Clutch has. Again, I said "slightly out of place", plus they are slightly warmer and fuzzier stoner rock than some of the others. Still it should rock.
-Dante
P.S. High on Fire are a bunch of uppity assholes.

Maybe your experience at Clutch shows has been different than mine. Minus about 4 or 5 dudes running around I've never even seen any shit kicking. And I didn't comment on their fans (any band can have asshole fans) I said the band. And if you've seen them you know Neilā??s live show is half theatrical, half large orchestra conductor (the man is just fun to watch).
-Dante
P.S. Course this tour may be a chance for them to pull out a lot of that pre-1996 stuff that was just straight hardcore. That'd be really cool to see since I was too young to be into them in that era.

Ha ha... yeah sure. You seem to know a lot about all the Richmonds. "Some old goober" and "Local Paper." You can't fool me. Oh and unless your Richmond is a fucking shanty town, I can bet yours is the best of the 3.

That's why i said interested. I'm not exactly a fan of those groups fans, thus the girlsjeans comment.
If it would live up to its name as opposed to being a large metal/occasionally hardcore package tour, on it would be (in my opinion)
Bane
Comeback Kid
With Hon....shit, the Bane tour going on right now
plus
Paint it Black
Raised Fist
Sick of it All
Sex Posistions
Vaux
and
Most Precious Blood.

i dont like those bands either, but if it were a bunch of no-names, then they wouldnt be able to put together a national tour. depending on ticket prices, i may have to get my car fixed so i can go see this.

they should probably change the tour so as to make it look like something other than some big excuse to sound tough and/or worthwhile, not that kids who are into those bands care about that sort of thing

That's sort of a strange title considering the fact that almost none of these bands are "underground"
And those that are--well, they're underground because there aren't enough retarded XXX mall-hardcore clones to put them on a decent label...yet.

hey fuckface, wtf is ur problem?! that tour is gonna be kick ass. those "awful metalcore kids"?! wut r u, some pop-culture obsessed good charlotte/avril lavigne loving asshole? ! Fuck you.
i cant wait to see poison the well, throwdown, opeth, from autimn to ashes,and norma jean.
The Sounds Of The Underground Tour is a beautiful thing, music with meaning, and im buying tickets.

You must be living on Mars. Most of these bands are popular as hell...just because they're not on MTV doesn't mean that they're not pedestrian, commercial, and all-around mainstream...i.e. they play popular music, they are popular bands, they are not underground. Go back to the mall kiddie.

so the second youre not the only one listening to a band its uncool to listen to them? theres a band called VAGINAL INSPECTION from out here, go listen to them, youll be happy to be the only one listening to em! Hence, youll be fucking cool! Cause those bands on this tour have all plenty of record sales under their belt... dont listen to them!!! dont!!!! VI is the way to go!! goo!!! go!!! go!!!

i'ld go for gwar.
this is like a stepping stone for these bands...next year they will try and be on taste of chaos..and then one day they will aspire to be on warped...except for gwar that is...the only legitimate band on the tour
- jones the bones
- stevejones8770@yahoo.com

There's only one thing I hate more than the sophomore/junior boys at my high school wearing tight girl pants and Norma Jean zip hoodies with their long hair and whiny emo pheromones, and that's Norma Jean's music.
At least one good thing comes from their male fanbase: all of them are going to be sterile by the time it counts.
Count me out.

I think they could of had a better lineup....more stoner-rock bands....i wan't a festival full of stoner-rock bands thats all....hell i'll go just for clutch and high on fire seen them both and they truley rock....headliner has to be scissorfight!!

CLUTCH CLUTCH CLUTCH --- thats all there is to say , they put on one of the best shows ive ever seen and they sound better live than most bands do on c.d. anyone who has an interest in clutch or has never heard them , go see them . you will not be disappointed . post by kent morris . all who know me ,whats up

umm guys ur leaving out chimaira...... without a doubt one of the heaviest bands there. theyre HIGHLY underrated. their new album is rumored to have some death metall songs on it considering kevin talley (ex dying fetus and misery index drummer) is now with them.

god damn it all of you bitch about how it isnt "underground" enough for you. just shut the fuck up. if you dont like the bands..wait, heres an idea..THEN DONT GO. just cause you think you are special enough to have listened to ptw 3 years ago before everyone knew who they were doesnt make you better than anyone else. i honestly think itll be a great show, why? cause the bands are good. im not gonna not go just because the bands arent "underground" anymore. yea fbtmof and opeth will pwn all your faces.

I really like most of the bands there. But the only problem is there will prob. be barriers on the stage so you cant crowd walk, but it does look like a good show. If i wanted to spend money on something that was worth it I would spend it on hell fest!!!

Sounds like something that must not be missed. im gonna go buy tickets as soon as they go on sale. I wanna see Every Time I Die, Poison The Well, Opeth, Unearth, From Autumn To Ashes, Norma Jean and Throwdown! cant wait. And to all you arrogant fucks out there, saying that this is for those "awful metalcore kids". Youre right, this is for those "awful metalcore kids", were cooler than you. So, with that said, i hope when u attempt to get in the pit at a REAL HARDCORE SHOW the "scenester assholes" beat the living shit out of you. I would. Your probably a weak emo-numetal loving crackhead.

YES. You scenester assholes go get in the pit at a Slayer concert, then I'll think you're someone to deal with.
P.S. Please don't classify yourself as an awful metalcore scenester asshole and post that you're excited to see Opeth. Opeth is true metal. Melodic. Death. Metal. The band would eat your scenester asshole face off.

I've listened to bands like ETID and Norma Jean for a couple years now, and I play guitar in a metal-core band like them, but I don't wear tight girly pants. So why do you? YOU PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT MUSIC ISN'T ABOUT FASHION DAMMIT!

As an objective outsider, who has seen most of these bands, listened to death and black metal for several years, and has no interest in defending myspace metalcore kids;
Both sides of this argument are equally dumb.